Porous bimetallic PdNi catalyst with high electrocatalytic activity for ethanol electrooxidation

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 493, Issue , 2017, Pages 190-197

  Feng, Yue ^a   Bin, Duan ^a   Yan, Bo ^a   Du, Yukou ^a   Majima, Tetsuro ^b   Zhou, Weiqiang ^c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bimetallic catalyst; Calcination; Complex chelate; Porous structure

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CALCINATION; CHELATION; CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DIRECT ETHANOL FUEL CELLS (DEFC); ELECTROOXIDATION; ETHANOL; ETHANOL FUELS; NICKEL OXIDE; PALLADIUM COMPOUNDS; REDUCTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BIMETALLIC CATALYSTS; COMPLEX CHELATE; ELECTROACTIVE SURFACE AREAS; ELECTROCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROMETRY; ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; POROUS STRUCTURES;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

ALCOHOL; COORDINATION COMPOUND; DIMETHYLGLYOXIME; LEAD; NICKEL;

ADSORPTION; ALCOHOL OXIDATION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; CHELATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONDUCTANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMPEDANCE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); SURFACE AREA;

EID: 85009193587     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2017.01.035     Document Type: Article

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